Tournament information | |
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Location | Brown Deer, Wisconsin |
Established | 1968 |
Course(s) | Brown Deer Park Golf Course |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,759 yards (6,180 m) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$4,000,000 |
Month played | July |
Final year | 2009 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 260 Loren Roberts (2000) 260 Ben Crane (2005) 260 Corey Pavin (2006) |
To par | −24 Loren Roberts (2000) |
Final champion | |
Bo Van Pelt | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Wisconsin |
The Greater Milwaukee Open was a regular golf tournament in Wisconsin on the PGA Tour. For 42 years, it was played annually in the Milwaukee area, the final sixteen editions in the north suburb of Brown Deer at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course. U.S. Bancorp was the main sponsor of the tournament in its final years and the last purse in 2009 was $4 million, with a winner's share of $720,000. The event was run by Milwaukee Golf Charities, Inc., with proceeds going to a variety of Wisconsin charities.